Jennifer Awele, wife of late actor Junior Pope, has shared a video of one of their sons asking when his father would be coming back home.
The emotional clip, posted on Instagram on Wednesday, which would have been Junior Pope’s 45th birthday — featured the couple’s three sons giving birthday messages to their late father.
While the children expressed how much they missed him, the youngest son’s question stood out, “Happy birthday daddy, when are you coming back?”
Jennifer shared the moment as part of a tribute to her husband, reminiscing on their time together and a memory from July 2010 when they first talked about their birthdays.
“You asked my birth date…. I asked for yours and you said the last day in the first week of May. And I said 7th??? You said, ‘Smart,’ with a clap,” she wrote.
Reflecting on the pain of his absence, she added, “It’s May 7th 2025 and I’m not celebrating you with my different birthday surprises (I doubt I missed any), not with candles and cakes, but with tears and memories and a heart that still beats in rhythm with yours.
“I had a lot in mind to type but at this point, words fail me. Happy 45th Birthday our daddy in heaven… We carry your love in everything we do. Keep watching over us, Debonair…”
Junior Pope died on April 10, 2024, after drowning in the Anam River in Anambra State while returning from a movie shoot. His sudden death shocked the entertainment industry and left many in mourning.
